The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-07


Russia means war, and the Vienna press
bewails the fact that Bismark will not
join against the Car.
As an evidence of the carelessness Of
the public in addressing letters, officials
Of the dead-letter office, on the 29th, ez-
hibited a list of the sixty-four letters, adj
dressed to Pittsburgh, O., all but nine Of
which were intended for and were subse-
quently delivered to parties in Pittsburgh,
Pa Nearly all of these letters were to
business firms, and many of the envelopes
bore business cards.
Two thousand brewery employees are on
a strike at Philadelphia.
PARIS diplomats consider the statement
that General Boulanger has not reduced
his supplemented estimates as another
evidence that war is not remote.
THE Paris correspondent of the London
Times claims to have information from an
undoubted source that Germany and Rus
sia signed direct alliance nearly three
weeks ago
THE st. Petersburg Academy of Science
has received telegram from DR.. Bunge,
at Orlinga, reporting the successful ter
mination of the labors of the Russian ex-
pedition which has been exploring the re-
gion around the mouth of the Lena river in
Eastern Siberian islands, where the jean
nette expedition came to grief.
on the ID the Portuguese Cortes was
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speech from the throne.
WILLIAM A. PINKERTON, in an interview
/ on the 30th, stated that S43 600 of the money
| stolen from the Adams Express Company
had been recovered. The total amount Of
| cash obtained, according to Mr.. Pinkerten,
was S53,0O.
TELEGRAMs from Los Andes, Chill, re-
] port heavy falls of rain and snow. The
! cholera in Medoza has somewhat abated.
/ On the 2Sth forty-four new cases and
! eighteen deaths were reported.
| THE American Society of Naturalists at
! its session in Philadelphia on the 30th
! elected the following officers: President,
| Harrison Allen, Philadelphia; vice-presi-
] dents, Z. D. Cope, Philadelphia; NJ. L.
| Ithaca; secretary, S. T. Clarke, Williams
| town; treasurer, W. T. Sedwiclz, Boston;
| executive committee, G. @. Riley, Wash
! ington; H. S. Osborn, Princeton.
| TIE Rallioay age says that in the year
! just closed SOLO miles of new main line
| railroad track have been built in the Unit
| ed States. Kansas leads with the sur
! prising amount of $50 miles, the greater
/ part laid within the last six months. AS
! suming the average cost to have been but
| $4,000 per mile, the expenditure for road
way alone was $3.50, ,0OO,0 00O Indications
| are that the year 1887 viii show even
! greater activity.
] AEEICIAl announcement IS uldtl6 IIldb bn0
! commercial mOdus vivendi between the
/ United States and Spain will be prolonged
| until March 81 next.
! THE year 1887 began in orthodox winter
| style, news from all over the country in
| dicating bitter bhzzards or severe snow
| storms. Calling was attended with more
! or less discomfort wherever indulged in.
On the 1st, in accordance with the will
! of the deceased, the remains of Peter
! Down, the Connemaugh hermit, were Gre
/ mated at Pittsburgh, Pa, the remains hav-
| ing been shipped from Jonstown for the
| purpose.
! OS the 2d trans on the Michigan Cen
/ tral, Wabash and other roads in Indiana,
were greatly delayed by the snow block
| ade.
! IMPORTANCE is attached to Emperor
! Williams expressions of confidence that
the present year will be a tranquil and
/ prosperous one.
THE landlords in ireland are endeavor-
/ ing to bring their tenants into the bank
| ruptcy court in order to make them dis
close the names Of trustees to whom they
| paid rents.
SEVERAL officers connected with the
! scientific bureau at Washington drank
| Mexican mescaI on the night of the 31st
| ult., for an experiment. 1t was thought
| they would be able to appear at their of
fees by the 4th inst, if they suffered no re-
| lapse.
| THE shipping statistics for the year just
closed of the port of Liverpool show a de-
| cease of 10000 tons. The cOastwise trade
shows an increase, the falling off being IN
| the foreign trade.
DURING the past year 26 vessels with
a total tonnage of 175, 1876 valued at Sl53,-
800 and insured for S11O,231, sailing from
| Gloucester, Mass, have been lost, together
/ with 1877 human lives.
ALL the members of a family named
| Thomas at Pittsburgh, Pa, are suffering g
severely from trichinosis, contracted
through eating raw ham, which was in
| Tested with the parasites.
THE value of the mineral output of Colo
rado for the past year is estimated at S26,-
7946SS, an increase Of S4,294,658 over the
! output of 1885.